Vintage 80's style Stella badge

scooterdork · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:39 am Post subject: Vintage 80's style Stella badge

I saw that quite a while back, some users on stellaspeed (I believe) had a Stella badge made to look like the 80's era Vespa badge. That seemed to be a limited run and I haven't found any.

I've contacted a car emblem maker who can make them. Would anyone be interested in 1 (or 3) if these get made? Obviously the costs decrease a bit based on volume, as the setup costs can be spread out.

It would look something like this:
http://www.scooterloungeonline.com/product/New-497072563

There was a similar thread on this 6 years ago:
http://www.modernbuddy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23442

- Michael

NCJ8 · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:20 am Post subject:

I'd be interested Smile

langdonauger · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 4:26 pm Post subject:

Interested!

johnk · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 4:33 pm Post subject:

I would buy 3.

Stanza · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:27 pm Post subject:

That's fun! Would these be injection molded, or 3d printed? Chromed, or painted?

youkiddin · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:58 am Post subject:

I'd be in on a set

scooterdork · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 6:25 pm Post subject:

These are not injection molded in such a small quantity. The company doesnt say exactly what the process is, but maybe 3D. Here is info on it as well as a gallery:

https://emblemart.com/newsite/chrome-emblems/

I have a quote for two sizes and they have artwork for the badge (see below). Size could be:

6" x 1.4"
or
4" x .94"

The cost for a small run of 15-20 would be around $20-25 per badge. I havent jumped in because I dont know if thats too high.

Thoughts? Thanks!
Michael

johnk · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:39 am Post subject:

I would still buy three at $25 each.

I'm not sure what the best size is. My Stella's in the shop at the moment, but I'll take a ruler to it as soon as I can.

According to this site, this style of Vespa legshield badge is 120mm x 18mm, or 4.72" x 0.71", which suggests that the smaller size is probably better, at least for the legshield. I don't know whether the same size or a different size would look best on the cowls.

Thank you for managing all this, scooterdork!

scooterdork · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:42 pm Post subject:

I thought the smaller would be best for the leg shield as well, based on measuring mine. Cowls could be larger I suppose, but that would muck with cost.

Thanks!

fintail · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:02 pm Post subject:

Interested. Was the emblem ever made?

johnk · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:10 pm Post subject:

There's a beautiful Stella for sale in the Baltimore area with a badge like this.

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/mcy/d/phoenix-genuine-lml-stella-vespa-2/6756400151.html

mlstephens · Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:44 pm Post subject: stella badges from stellaspeed

I still have 4 of these, found them in a drawer in my home office, would sell if anyone is interested.
Never installed (I bought a couple sets way back when on stellaspeed and only used a couple of them). 3 match, one has a slightly different tint. Since they are old stock, I would replace the sticky tape with new in order to install.

EDIT: Sold

johnk · Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 5:17 pm Post subject:

I bought the above badges from mlstephens (thanks, Mike!), so I'll have to retract my interest in paying for new ones. But I can offer a some sizing information based on these.

They are 12.5 cm wide and 2.25 cm tall at the Ls.

I don't have a designer's eye, but it looks to me like the letters on these are a bit wider than the letters in scooterdork's template above.

I haven't installed them, but they are flat, whereas the legshield and cowls are rounded, so they might require a little force to get them mounted flush. If it's possible to make yours with some flexibility, that would probably help!

mlstephens · Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 6:04 pm Post subject:

Glad I could help! That set from Stellaspeed are made from plastic, so they are flexible enough that with strong 2-way tape they will conform just fine. The tape that came with them is pretty weak, I'd pick up some 3M tape from an auto parts store, and they should be fine.

fintail · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:31 pm Post subject:

Anyone got extra badges for sale

whereshaldo · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:21 am Post subject:

I want some too. Maybe we can get another set run? How many do we need to run for a batch? I'm happy to do the work and send them out to everyone who wants them.

Hal

Patchik · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:02 pm Post subject:

Also interested! Getting in line just in case anyone is selling.